The present platter dome and the following slightly smaller example are both from the service designed by Frederick the Great of Prussia in collaboration with Jocob Christian Klipfel and presented to the Prussian Field Marshall in thanks for services rendered during the Seven Years War.

The design, properly called the preussisch-musikalischen Dessin, refers specifically to the shapes and moulded decoration which are also found on later Meissen production and which prefigure the moulded decoration of Berlin services made for Frederick II later in the century. It is the combination of the moulded decoration with the gilt scale border which refer specifically to the Möllendorff gift from which the service takes its name. An original bill of sale dated April 7, 1761 survives listing the cost of the service at 9,412 thalers.

Christie's has handled the sale of a large number of Möllendorff pieces which have come onto the market sporadically during the 20th century including pieces formerly in the collections of H.J. King (sold 1921 and now in the Victoria and Albert Museum), Elinor Dorrance Ingersoll (sold 1977) and a selection sold in these Rooms October 25, 1994 on behalf of a private collector to whom the present two wärmeglocken once belonged.